An audit of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council ordered after a developer was granted right of way in Portstewart for £1 finds a culture of 'bypassing best practice and guidance to get land deals done' NIAuditOffice
The report found "significant failings" in two land deals in which council chief David Jackson was involved
The report found, in both cases, there was a failure to demonstrate best price was obtained and that "inadequate information" was presented by senior council officers to councillors to enable them to make informed decisions. "There was evidence that senior officers were advocating actions that were contrary to best practice.
However, she added she "did not consider that these responses sufficiently excuse the divergence from good practice and guidance". "The £1 land deal to assemble a site for a hotel developer illustrates the cavalier disregard for the ratepayers' interests and the lamentable failure of oversight by compliant councillors.
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